Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 1153-1161, September 2010

A Biomechanical Analysis of the Native Coracoclavicular Ligaments and Their Influence on a New Reconstruction Using a Coracoid Tunnel and Free Tendon Graft

  • Yonsik S. Yoo, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hallym University Medical Center, Chuncheon, South Korea
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  • Andrew G. Tsai, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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  • Anil S. Ranawat, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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  • Mohit Bansal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, U.S.A.
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  • Freddie H. Fu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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  • Mark W. Rodosky, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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  • Patrick Smolinski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Patrick Smolinski, Benedum Hall 631, 3700 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A.

Received 7 June 2009; accepted 22 December 2009. published online 23 April 2010.

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 Recipient of the John J. Joyce Award, International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Congress, Osaka, Japan, April 2009.

 The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)01103-7

doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2009.12.031

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 9 , Pages 1153-1161, September 2010

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